intransitive. Of the earth, a building, etc.: To fall down, give way.

intransitive. Chiefly of the ground, floor, etc.: to subside under pressure; to give way and go down, to fall away.

To give way; to collapse. Obsolete.

To sink to a low or lower level. intransitive. Of ground, a building, etc.: to or cave in as a result of dynamic disturbance, geological erosion, etc.

intransitive. To fall together, as the sides of a hollow body, or the body itself, by external pressure or withdrawal of the contents, as when an…

transferred. To give way, collapse.